London, Oct 13, 2026 (AFP) - Ruling boosts chances of UK keeping $5 bn bitcoin haul

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2026-10-13

A London court ruling could improve the British state's chances of retaining some of the 61,000 bitcoins seized in a multibillion-dollar fraud case involving a Chinese woman jailed in the UK. Nicknamed the "goddess of wealth", Zhimin Qian was sentenced to almost 12 years in jail by a UK court last year after defrauding around 128,000 people in China between 2014 and 2017. Qian converted part of the proceeds into bitcoin before fleeing to Britain,......

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